Chapter 6 Life is like a play all depends on acting
The old guys were finally invited out politely. Outside the camp of the left-leading guard, Zhang Baoxiang and Liu Hongji grabbed their hair depressedly. That was Li Jing's experience in leading troops. I don't want to hear anyone who led troops to fight.
It’s a pity that Li Ji is so shameless. Not only did he eat alone when he closed the door, but his eating looks so ugly that he didn’t even leave some soup.
Just as he was complaining, Zhang Bao poked Liu Hongji: "Hey, have you noticed that it's a bit wrong with the big old man Cheng today."
"What's wrong?" Liu Hongji asked.
I just went there with anger, but didn't pay attention to what was wrong with Cheng Yaojin.
At this moment, Zhang Baoxiang looked at Cheng Yaojin who was about to walk back and shouted: "Big Cheng, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you are afraid of that guy Li Ji?"
"Scared? Hehe..." Cheng Yaojin stopped and patted his chest and said, "There is no word for fear in my old Cheng's dictionary."
Zhang Bao sarcastically said, "I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid why you were kicked out so easily? This is not your personality."
Yes! This old man Cheng didn't seem to have spoken much from the beginning to the end. Compared with his previous personality, he had to bite his dog's bite first.
Liu Hongji, I also reacted at this moment, and looked at Cheng Yaojin with a hint of scrutiny: "Yes, old man Cheng, have you had some tacit understanding with that old man Li Ji? Tell me quickly, otherwise I will not let you go."
Cheng Yaojin had been holding back a lot. When Liu and Zhang asked, they immediately laughed proudly, and their sharp front teeth were shining: "Haha..., you two cowards, why are you old Cheng anxious? Don't you know if my eldest son and the Li Jing family are fat when they wear pants? This is a relationship. If you want to know what to ask my eldest son to ask directly."
Liu Hongji, Zhang Baoxiang: "..."
Damn, that's OK?
After a while, the two of them were extremely angry and cursed in unison: "Old Man Cheng, you shameless person..."
The answer to the two was Lao Cheng's even more unscrupulous laughter: "Haha..., I, Lao Cheng, is not stupid. Isn't it a big deal to make you get the advantage with Li Ji? So... I'm sorry."
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In the main camp of the left-leader guard, Li Ji, who had dismissed his subordinates, sat opposite Li Hao, with two cups of tea in the middle.
The so-called tea soup is to put salt, sugar, vinegar, sesame, jujube, butter, etc., not only for such foods and tea to cook together, and finally make a big bowl and put it there, not to mention drinking it, it looks scary.
Li Hao stared at the tea soup like a baby, with a hesitant expression on his face, and looked flattered. No one knew how he was thinking about how he was cheating Li Jiyi.
Opposite Li Hao, Li Ji, wearing bright light armor, transformed into an old man next door, smiled and said with a friendly look: "Dejian, are you still used to living in the military camp these days?"
Li Hao shifted his attention from tea soup to Li Ji's face: "It's better, Brother Dingfang is very good at taking care of me."
Giving Su Dingfang a little face is a banner of the Tang army in the future, so you should make a good relationship in advance.
"Oh, just get used to it." Li Ji did not doubt that he had him. He took the tea soup in Li Hao's fearful eyes and squinted his eyes with pleasure. He paused and continued, "What my nephew said in the camp today...but Brother Yao's experience in military tactics? I wonder how much my nephew has inherited from the whole body of Master Yao?"
This old guy was a little bastard a few days ago, but today he is a virtuous nephew. He was arrogant at first and respectful at the end and didn't feel kind-hearted.
However, for my plan, I still have to endure it.
Li Hao controlled his emotions and replied calmly: "I'm going to hide it from Uncle Li, in fact, my father has never taught me anything."
Li Ji's face was slightly cold and he said unhappy: "Nonsense, if it weren't for your father's teachings, how could you know such profound military tactics?"
Is it so profound? Li Hao doesn't think that there is anything so profound about purely theoretical things like "Theory of War".
Of course, this may also be related to the different position of the person.
There is a saying that the butt determines the head, which may refer to this situation.
While thinking, Li Hao replied with a smile: "Uncle Li, the dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the mouse gives birth to the holes. Although my father has never taught me, he has never eaten pork. Have I seen a pig run away yet?"
Hey, it seems something is wrong... I haven't seen a pig run? Who is the pig?
The water splashed out from the words he said, when Li Hao reacted and said something wrong, Li Ji had already smiled sinisterly: "Well, this is very reasonable for nephew. When Senior Brother Yao returns in half a month, I will tell you the truth."
Li Hao: "..."
I'm going to be back with a cheap one? This is a big problem.
Li Hao's silence was seen in Li Ji's eyes and smiled happier: "I guess your father will be very happy after listening to my husband's advice."
Li Hao came back to his senses and had no intention of continuing to talk to the old man. He smiled bitterly: "Uncle Li, don't play with me anymore? Just say anything if you have something to do, it sounds like that."
"Okay, you boy understand the truth." Li Ji took the first place, showed the winner's smile, and said bluntly: "Come to my left-leading guard, and give you a fifth-ranked Guoyi Commander to work under Su Dingfang. If you perform well, you will be promoted."
"Fifth grade? Uncle Li, are you too stingy? If this is the case, I might as well participate in the martial arts performance in front of the palace. Although I can only be at the sixth grade, I have been in the eyes of His Majesty after all, and I will show it a little in the future. Do you think it is right?"
Li Ji snorted: "Hehe, boy, you're thinking too much. Do you think it's easy to get into a real position in the sixth rank? Not to mention whether you can beat others. Even if you can beat the first one, the sixth rank captain is just a gatekeeper among the imperial guards. He has three or two kittens under him. Can he compete with the commander Guo Yi, who is the left guard? He is still up to the top and guards a gate every day. How can you rise to the top? Can you get promoted by rubbing the palace gate every day? It's a joke."
I have to say that Li Ji's words really hit the nail on the head.
To put it bluntly, the imperial guards are closer to the emperor. If Li Er does not lead the army in person, he will be able to keep a guard every day and stand guard every day. Except for the better dress, he will be promoted and wealthy.
But it is different to the left-leading guards. If the field army is back, it is not too easy to get promoted if it is just going out to fight a few battles.
Li Hao quickly figured out the key points and began to lean towards Li Ji's side psychologically. However, the Chief of the Guoyi was somewhat inferior, so he said with shamelessness: "Uncle Li, I admit that your words make some sense, but the Chief of the Guoyi is really a bit bad, and it is not in line with your first-rank Duke. Otherwise, let's get promoted to half a rank and change to the Chief of the Zhechong Chief of the Fourth-rank, what about?"
"Bad." Li Ji was instantly exploded and cursed: "Li Dejian, is it really stupid or fake? Is that a half-qualified thing? Do you know that the official position above the fifth rank needs to be approved by Your Majesty?"
"Uh..., is that difficult?" Li Hao scratched his head. To be honest, he really didn't know about this.
"What do you think?" Li Ji grabbed the cup on the table, drained the tea soup inside, and put it down heavily: "You are still the son of the General of the Three Guards. You don't even know such a thing, which is embarrassing."
Li Hao smacked his lips and said helplessly: "Okay, Guoyi is Guoyi, I will just let it go."
Li Ji's heart was like putting it in a pan and frying it. If it weren't for the "military tactics" in Li Hao's mind, he would really want to hang this kid up and slap it hard and then kick it out of the military camp.
Fortunately, this kid finally got into a trap. Thinking of the way that the left-leaning guard in the military exercise will be the top priority next summer, Li Ji decided to endure it first.
Just as he was thinking, Li Hao said, "Uncle Li, I understand why you asked me to be the left-leading guard. To put it bluntly, wouldn't it be easy to train troops? But we have to say that we have to be ugly. There are conditions for letting me train troops. If you don't agree, all of what we said before will be invalid."
The purpose was exposed, and Li Ji was a bachelor: "It's true that Li Jing's species is very good. I'm OK, what are the conditions, you say."
I just say it, I'm afraid you won't succeed.
Li Hao touched his nose and was not polite: "First, I have to choose the people myself, and the left-leading guards will be selected. I also need an independent camp. I have the final say on how to train troops, personnel appointments and dismissals, and what kind of weapons to equip."
Li Ji nodded: "Yes."
"Second, military pay, what I need is a professional soldier, so I need three times the military pay. If you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat enough."
"This..." Li Ji hesitated for a moment: "I can't promise you now, it depends on the effectiveness. If the military train is well trained, I can go to the Ministry of War to apply for you."
In any country, military pay cannot be decided by the general. Li Hao could understand this. Knowing that Li Ji was not fooling him, he simply nodded and continued: "Third, no one in the left-leading guard shall interfere with my personal freedom."
Li Ji nodded again: "It's okay. As long as you don't rebel, who cares what you do."
"Okay, there are only these three conditions. Since you agree to Uncle Li, then am I the one who is the left-leading guard now?"
It's finally over and the task is done.
Seeing that the raw rice had been cooked, Li Ji slapped the table excitedly: "That's natural. From now on, you are the commander Guoyi, the commander of my left-leading guard. I will go to the Ministry of War for you to go there in a while."
Looking at Li Ji's old face, Li Hao was also very happy and stood up and saluted: "In this way, I won't stay many subordinates, General, say goodbye."
Li Ji waved his hand: "Go, go."
As Li Hao walked out of the room, a whirring voice came: "How about it, how about it, the British Duke didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
This is Cheng Chumo. His loud voice is exactly the same as his slutty man, and it is easy to distinguish.
Li Ji curled his lips and felt a little disdainful. The second-hand man's son is also a second-hand man. I am a dignified Duke and will make things difficult for a junior.
Soon, Li Hao's voice came: "Life is like a play, it all depends on acting. Don't worry, the old man has been fooled by me and has long forgotten the bet three days ago. Not only did I not be embarrassed, I also earned a Guoyi Captain. I will leave the military camp later and let's celebrate together."
Old man? Fraud? Three-day appointment?
Li Ji: "..."
Chapter completed!